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Voters Will Have Wide Vari­ety
of Ohoice When Casting Ballots
for Town Officers— ^
Republican Caucus.
inklin Hall was well filled on
fTuesday evening when the caucus for
^nominating, candidates for town
ok place. The meeting, al­though
scheduled for 8:00 o'clock,
jwas not called to order until 8:45 p.
m. Thomas G. Alcorn, chairman of
>th(3 committee^ called the meeting to
: order. Mark Bushnell acted as
^chairman of the caucus and Charles
t,'J. Fowler was selected as clerk.. Ly-
; man Upson presented the name of
Charles, D. Bent as a candidate for
i * selectman and the announcement that
Mr. Bent would consider being a
candidate for another term was met
with general surprise. There was no
further nomination and upon motion
of George T. Mathewson the secre­tary
cast one ballot for Mr. Bent. A
ballot was necessary to decide who
should have second place. George
Stratton and Alvali S. Brainard, both
from the east end of the town, were
pitted against each other and after
the nomination was made the battle
was on in good shape. Men standing
on chairs could be heard calling out
: the names of, Stratton and Brainard
and the admirers of both worked
hard for their candidates. The count
of the. ballot showed that Brainard
. was the choice, he having received
162 votes to 114 for Stratton. The
followers of Stratton felt very much
put out as their man was a straight
. republican while Brainard was elect­ed
last year on the citizens and Dem­ocratic
ticket.
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A ballot .was also necessary to de­cide
who should be the candidate for
assessor. This time the aspirants
- were Charles Pease and Herbert
s Marks. The result of the ballot
' showed Marks to 'have 182 .and Pease'
N 61. Mr. Pease, prior to the caucus,
; was confident of being successful and
= his many friends were much wrought
up over his defeat. Since the cau-
' cus was held they have expressed a
J determination to bolt the whole
ticket, since Mr. Marks has accepted
:i an endorsement from the* citizens'
party.
Constable Dominique was the
unanimous choice for tax collector,
but another ballot was necessary to
decide a second contest from the
east part of the town, this time Henry
Fletcher, at present an efficient mem
ber of the school board, was opposed
by Samuel Neelans. The vote was
... small and close, Neelans getting 84
and Fletcher 71.
The only other contest was for the
position of constable, and the men
seeking the nomination were again
from the east district. Louis Deford,
the old-time warliorse, suffered de­feat
at the hands of Ernest Moody,
the vote being 134 to 82.
The full list of candidates is: Se­lectmen,
Charles D. Bent and Alvah
• S. Brainard; assessor, Herbert M
Marks; board of relief, James E.
Loughiin, James T. Burgess, William
K. Henry; collector of taxes, Gabriel
Dominique; grand jurors, Joseph
Fowles, Stephen H. Bbdley, Teresio
Marinaccio; constables, Edward Brom­age,
Clyde Harris, James Bailes, Er­nest
Moody; registrar, Albert T.
Lord;i auditor, John H. Frew; libra­ry
directors, Rev. Thomas J. Preston,
Bello K. Hathaway, Frederick A.
King; town school committee
Thomas G. Alcornt Samuel H. Nee­lans.
Independent Citizens' Caucus.
That the independent citizens
movement is sure to prove an impor
tant factor in Enfield politics can not
longer be denied. The regularly
called caucus for nominating candi
dates for town offices was held in the
Casino on last Tuesday evening and
: between 250 and 300 were present
The meeting was called to order at
8:30 by Chairman Albert Baker.
John Best, who has so efficiently col­lected
the town taxes^during the past
year, was chosen clerk and after the
reading ef the call the business of the
evening was on in full swing. Har-mony
prevailed and the candidates
for all offices were unanimously
chosen. They are as follows:
Selectmen, Abraham Cope and
Francis P. Leary; assessor, Herbert
Marks; board of relief, Leslie C.
Brainard, Thomas Reilly, Samuel J.
, McAuley; collector of taxes, John A.
Best; auditor, John H. Frew; regis­trar,
Nesbert Dixon; constables,
Clyde Harris, William Barton, James
Bailea, Louis Deford; town school
committee, Henry F. Fletcher, Al­bert
F. Baker; library directors, Rev.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Speeches by Prominent Members of
This ' Excellent Fraternal Order—
A Creditable Fancy Drill by B. H.
Barney Uniformed liank of Spring­field.
On Tuesday evening, in their rooms
in the Brainard building on High
street, Asnuntuck xodge, Knights of
Pythias, of this village, held one of
the most enjoyable and one of the
most largely attended social func­tions
ever held in this place by a fra­ternal
organization. Hartford, Spring­field
and Chicopee lodges were well
represented and several of the state
officers were present, among them
Grand District • Deputy Aitken and
Vice Grand Chancelor George E.
Wright of Hartford. Previous to the
opening of the indoor program a par­ade
of the principal streets of the vil­lage
was made. The line of forma­tion
of this parade is given below.
The Everett H. Barney Uniformed
Rank of Springfield, at the close of
the parade, gave a fancy drill on the
hotel square on Main street, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by almost a
thousand spectators. : . U
The guests of Asnuntuck lodge to
the number of about 250, then as­sembled
in the lodge rooms and
opened a very pleasing program with
a seleqtion by the Roberts Family
orchestra, after which opening re­marks
were made by Tudor Gowdy,
P. C., who acted as toastmaster. Wil­liam
Nichols followed . with a vocal
solo and Harry Brinn with a recita­tion.
Mr. Gowdy-'then introduced
Vice Grand Chancelor. George E.
Wright, who addressed, the assem­blage
in a very acceptable manner.
He was followed by -Grand Deputy
Aitken of Hartford and other out-of-town
speakers. - James McCormack
favored with music and the orchestra
.:gay,e..another.selection; after which
the audience joined in the singing of
America and a most enjoyable and
successful. social event come to a
close. -r.V "
The committee who had the affair
in charge are H. A. Fiedler; H. G.
Bodley, S. J. McAuley, C. H. Fowler,
D. H. Luke. Excellent refreshments
were served by the Pythian Sisters.
Formation of Line.
Albert J. Fiedler, Horace Bodley,
Samuel McAuley, committee,-
Leaders.
Thompsonville Fife, Drum and Bugle
Corps.
Everett H. Barney Co., Uniformed
Rank, Springfield.
Commander, Capt. Frank Wakefield.
Springfield Lodge, No. 63.
Henry S. Lee Lodge, Springfield.
Delegation from Hartford,
Automobile containing Grand Vice
Chancelor George E. Wright of
Hartford, Grand Inner Guard J.
Fred Crangle of Simsbury, Grand
Master of Exchequer William N.
Potter of Willimantic. ,
Automobile containing Pythian
Sisters.
Entire Proceeds, Save the Cost of the
Out>of-To\vn Battery, Will Help
Swell the Fund.
A benefit game for the visiting
nurse fund of the Woman's Club of
Enfield will be played on the Alden
avenue grounds Saturday. All of the
Brussels home players have donated"
their services for this game, so that
the expenses will be light. The op­posing
team will be the Woodbines of
Hartford. ; •• y; H:;;-"
The battery for the Brussels will
be'Justin, of Springfield league fame,
and Gilman. For the Woodbines, An­drews
and Murphy.
The ladies' committee are selling
tickets rapidly and a banner crowd
is expected, for the object is a worthy
one.
Nominated foriCongress by First
m Congressional District
Candidate Maheg a Splendid Speech
of Acceptances-Was Nominated by
Landers andt'Betonded by Other
Opponents. Jf • *' 'if" " *
The democratic delegates of the
First Congressional district in con­vention
assembled at , Hartford
Tuesday of this|week, unanimously
nominated AguStine Lonergan as
their candidate for congress. Former
BLAZE DISCOVERED NEAR £
THE L0Z1ER BUILDING
Many Thousands of Dollars' Worth
of Rugs Stored in This Building—
Extra Guards Placed on Duty for
Indefinite Period.
Smoke was seen coming out of a
small basement window in the large
storehouse of the Hartford Carpet
corporation known as the -Lozier
building, Sunday afternoon, "by
watchmen employed ait the power­house
of the corporation. Investigat­ing
the cause they found a heap of
paper, straw, rags and other inflam­mable
material covered with a bed-quilt,
and the pile was burning brisk­ly
and in a short while it would have
reached the woodwork.
They went back and brought buck­ets
of water and had^ little difficulty
in putting the fire out.
Charles Lockwood, a watchman,
promptly notified Fire Chief William
J. Hines, who came to the scene to
investigate and he immediately called
four additional watchmen to do
guard duty in.that-vicinity, who will
continue for an indefinite period. The
storehouse is filled to the rafters with
expensive rugs manufactured by the
corporation, and had the fire gained
any headway the loss would have
totaled many thousands of dollars.
FRATERNAL SOCIETY NEWS
A. O. IF. Division No. 1.
A largely attended meeting of
Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hi­bernians,
was held Sunday afternoon
at which several matters of impor­tance
were considered. The 30th an­niversary
of the< society occurs in
November and it was voted to ob­serve
the anniversary with appropri­ate
exercises. A committee of 12 was
appointed to make arrangements for
the event. *
The following committee will have
charge of the celebration of the 30th
anniversary of the organization of
the division to be held in November:
William J.' Fleming, William J.
Hughes, M. A. Mitchell, P. J. Sulli­van,
national secretary of the order,
James Hughes, Thomas P. Malley, J.
.T. Shaughnessy, Michael Quinn,
Thomas Savage, Patrick Henneberry,
P. J. Mulryan and Edward R. Triggs.
William J. Fleming and E. R. Triggs,
delegates to the state convention,
made an interesting report on the
convention.
Queens of Avalon and Knights of
King Arthur.
The Queens of Avalon and Knights
of King Arthur will hold a supper
and entertaniment in the parish
house of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church next Wednesday, September
25th. Supper will be served from
5:30 to 7:00 p. m. and a musical and
literary entertainment will follow.
Tickets for the supper and including
the entertainment have been placed
at the nominal sum of 15 cents.
Burglars Entered H. A'ronson's House
Sunday night burglars entered the
home of Harry Aroiison on Spring
street and took a gold watch, a gold
locket and chain, and a diamond
stickpin from the rooms on the first
floor. They gained entrance by a
window in the dining room, the lock
being sprung aftei- two holes had
been bored through the frame. They
found the valuables' in a handbag
which was hanging on the doorknob
of an inner door.
Mr. and Mrs. Aronson and their
son Milton had retired, the hour
being about 1:30 a. m„ when Mr.
Aronson was aroused by a slight
noise from down-stairs.
An investigation showed that noth­ing
more had been taken and that
valuables on the upper floor were
undisturbed, as well as silver­ware
and some change that had been
left lying on a mantel down-stairs
had been overlooked.
The robbery shows the need of bet­ter
police protection for the village
between the hours of 1:00 and 3:30
a. m., when most burglaries are com­mitted.
Miss Edith Parsons has returned
to Simmons college in Boston for the
work of the senior year.
Miss Anna Boeker and Miss Ethel
Keith of Springfield were week-end
guests of their cousin, Mrs. Mark W.
Bushiiell.
Harvey Davidson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Davidson of Garden street,
and Seelye and Leon Vietts, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Vietts, left yester­day
for Staunton, Va., to attend a
military and preparatory school at
that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles West of Trin­idad,
Col., former well-known resi­dents
of this village, are guests of
Mrs. West's sisters, Miss Grace V.
Bissland and Miss Elizabeth Biss­land.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt H. Babcock
of La Junta, Col., who have been vis­iting
Niagara Falls and other places
of interest in the west and middle
west on a bridal tour of several
weeks' duration, are guests of his
uncle, Alexander C. Bennett, of
Franklin street.
Miss Martha J. Alden and Miss
Helena M. Devine went to Thorndike,
Mass., Wednesday, to- attend the
funeral of Miss Alden's aunt, Mrs.
Martha Denison Mooers, who died
Sunday evening at her late home with
her son, George D. Mooers of that
place, after a two weeks' illness.
AUGUSTINE LONERGAN.
Mayor Landers oifvew Britain placed
Mr. Lonergan'snathe before the con­vention
and the seconding speeches,
were m&de by Senator Holleran and
Hon. M. J. Connor.
The resolution adopted at the con­vention
strongly endorsed the na­tional
and state platform, and when
Mr. Lonergan was rushed to the plat­form
to accept the nomination he
praised the splendid work accom­plished
by Governor .Wilson and Gov­ernor
Baldwin. The prospect for
complete success, Mr. Lonergan said,
is exceedingly bright and he urged
all to work for the success of the
ticket.
•After the convention the delegates
were given a dinner at the Hotel
Garde, when Mr. Lonergan again
spoke, as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
To tell you that I am grateful for
the honor that you have conferred
upon me is but mildly expressing my
feelings. When, two years ago the
democrats of the First district nomi­nated
me as their candidate for con­gress,
at a time when the outlook was
not promising,. I was indeed appre­ciative
of the high honor then con­ferred
upon me. Doubly thankful
am I now for this second testimonial
of your confidence, when-it comes at
a time when prospects for party suc­cess
are bright. Such strong evi­dence
of your confidence adds to my
resolution to do all within my power
to honorably attain success at the
polls, not only for myself, but the en­tire
democratic ticket. At this time,
I am deeply moved by the magnani­mous
action of the gentlemen who
have withdrawn as candidates, thus
giving to the public definite proof of
a united democracy in the district.
I am not unmindful of the great
responsibility that will be mine in ap­pearing
before the voters of the First
district as your standard bearer dur­ing
this campaign and in assuming
the duties of the office on my election.
It is particularly true when I am
asked to follow the footsteps of the
able and sterling democrats who so
capably represented the First district
in congress in years past. The best
way I can show my appreciation is to
adopt every honorable means to be
victorious at the polls and faithfully
to fulfill the duties of the office when
elected. The best interests of the
country, the district and the demo­cratic
party will ever be uppermost
in my mind and to that end I shall
continually strive.
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In this campaign the first great end
is national success—the election of
Wilson and Marshall, The success of
individual candidates is a secondary,
but very important, matter. The
democratic party, having been put to
the test when in control of only part
of one branch of the government and
even then having been able to pass
laws of the greatest benefit to the
country, guarantees, greater benefits,
when given complete control, as it
will be given on Ifipvember 5. In re­turning
the democratic party to
power the people will show their ap­proval
of the first steps taken in four-tean
years toward the proper and
Gives His Reasons Why Hard Feel-
. , ,. ings Exist
Men Praised and Censured—In Com­menting
on Present Situation He
Recalls Past History of Some Poli­ticians
Who Would Continue in
Prominence.
It should not be necessary for an
old-timer to give state secrets away,
but when the wrath of man is
aroused to a high pitch that which is
in will surely come out. And so it
happened that while newspaper re­porters
maneuvered around the en­gine
house and read the papers in
the office of the local hostelry with
open ears, they gathered what
seemed to be amusing as well as in­teresting
and instructive history. The
joke of the week seems to be the
nominating speech of Lyman Upson.
Now Lyman has always been a power
in town politics and in the olden days
when few received • advancement in
the carpet mill of which he was su­perintendent
and which, by the way,
paid wages running from three to
eight dollars a week on a three-days-
a-week schedule, the voters of
the town were not privileged to vote
in closed booths. It was the custom
then to two-step your man right up
to the ballot box and then casually
watch him deposit into the box the
dainty little slip of paper with an air
of grace and satisfaction which
lasted only until he could get among
friends. But times have changed
since the Civil war and the Mason
and Dixon line is only a myth to
many modern people, but this is not
so with Enfield's political scrappers.
They don't care anything about the
past, it is only the present and future
battle which interests them.
To all those who thought for a
moment that Charles D. Bent and
Edward Bromage would not come
back, the advice is to partake of the
barrel of sympathy and warm at­mosphere.
which is always on tap in
the office of the Thompsonville Trust
company. Now the nominating
speech of Mr. Upson came upon the
townspeople as a great surprise, as
it was thought that the conference
held at Mr. Upson's house last week,
at which Messrs. C. D. Bent and G.
T. Mathewsop were present, would
bring forth new candidates for first
selectman. Mr. Bent, it was known,
didn't want the office (at least he
kept saying so), again this fall and of
course the other aspirants thought
they would have a chance in this
lucky year, but the speech of Mr.
Upson took the sails out of every­one
present. He is reported to have
said, "This is a prosperous country
and the republican party is a good
party and has been so for fifty years.
We want men to guide the destinies
of this country and therefore should
have Mr. Bent selectman."
"Well, all that may be so," was the
comment of the "Old Vet.," after
the caucus, "but I can't see where
Charles D. Bent as first selectman
has anything to do with making the
country prosperous. He had a
chance for years to do something
for the town but nothing has been
done, and now Mr. Bent is ready to
retire. The man who should have
been nominated is that tax collector
who knows a thing or two about
what ought to be done. Why this
year it took Selectman Browne's en­tire
time to get the affairs of the
town in good shape. I'm tired of all
this bosh and will not have anything
to do with town politics any more."
Such talk from old honest repub­licans
is surely going to swell the
Bull Moose crowd. The way people
along the streets figure the situa­tion
is that Bent must try again for
first selectman and if he comes back,
Mayor Rivers of Chicopee Praises
Military Appearance
Have a Surprise in Store for All Who
Attend Their Fair and Dance Sat­urday
Night in Franklin Hall.
The Father Mathew Drum corps
were the guests of the Veteran Fire­men
Drum corps of Chicopee, Satur­day
evening at a dance which
brought to a close the exercises of the
inspection of the fire department of
Chicopee. Mayor Rivers, who came
first in the grand march, compliment­ed
the local boys very highly, both
for their military appearance and
playing, which after the remarks of
our governor recently goes to show
that this organization is growing in
popularity in Massachusetts as well
as Connecticut.
The annual fair which opens Sat­urday
night of this week, will give
the public an opportunity to encour­age
the boys, who take great pride in
the praises of such men. The com­mittee
in charge have a surprise in
store for all who attend—something
which has never been given in town
before.
At 7:30 p. m. a Short street parade
will open the fair by tlie Father
Mathew corps of Hartford, Sacred
Heart corps of Springfield and the
Thompsonville Fife, Drum and Bugle
corps. Dancing will be in order until
midnight. Cars will leave to all
points after the dance. All who can
should attend and show their appre­ciation
of the local corps and encour­age
the boys.
JM
Healy Working Hand in Hand With
Former Opponents
Movement Under Cover to Defeat ®&llf
Present Efficient Board of Select­men—
Selfish Politics Would De-:
feat Best Interests of the Town.
(From our Special Correspondent.)
Windsor Locks, Sept. 19, 1912.
The democratic caucus which was >
obliged to adjourn to Mooney's hall
on last Friday evening on account of
the large crowd, proved exceedingly
interesting as many things predicted
by the writer proved correct. Mat-,
thew Kelly was urged to keep in the,,
race for representative and absolute­ly
refused to place the name of John
Oates before the caucus. It is now
thought that Kelly is in earnest and
desires to be returned to the house of
representatives, and should Frank
Healy be nominated by the republi­cans
it will be interesting to see
whether or not the Oates faction will
support Kelly by getting out and
working for him (Kelly). There is
little doubt but that all the Oates
admirers will vote for Kelly on elec­tion
day, but the desired thing is to
have them work openly in Kelly's in- t ' -'>*
terest. The nomination of Kelly '• 'il
(Continued on Page Five.)
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
AND BADLY INJURED
So Dazed by Shock That He did Not
Know His Place of Residence and
Could Hardly Tell His Name.
Nadeau Benoit of 308 Park street,
Hartford, was struck by an automo­bile
and injured• near Beeman's
brook, Enfield street, Sunday noon.
The automobile was driven by A. J.
Adell of Orange, Mass., and Mr.
Adell states that Mr. Benoit was
leaning against the railing of the
bridge when the car approached him.
Suddenly he turned, as the car was
upon him, to cross the road, and was
knocked down by the automobile,
which was going at a moderate pace.
He was taken to the home of Edward
Welch, nearby, where he was at­tended
by Dr. John F. McHugh of
this Yillage.
Mr. Benoit was unable to recall any
of the circumstances of the accident
and was not even sure when he left
his home. A cut on his head required
several stitches and he had severe
contusions and bruises about his
body. The injuries were not serious.
The police of Hartford were noti­fied
of the accident and he was taken
to his home in Hartford by a friend.
POULTRY EXHIBIT AT FAIR
Additional Prizes Worth $30.00 Have
Been Offered by Grain Dealers and
Poultry Supply Houses at Union
Agricultural Society Fair.
In the interest of better poultry
and a bigger and better poultry show,
at the Union Agricultural society's
annual fair, a committee has been ap­pointed
to solicit special extra prizes
to be awarded on poultry this year.
About $30.00 worth of grain, poul
try foods, remedies, hatching eggs,
etc., will be donated by grain dealers,
poultry men and poultry supply
houses.
Special prizes were donated by A.
D. Bridges' Sons. L. C. Brainard &
Co., A. T. Lord, Broad Brook Milling
Co., W. C. Pease of Somers, E. C. Al-then
Bissland goes up for judge of j len, A. J. Reeves, Enfield Poultry and
probate and then Bromage comes I Hatchery Co., E. L. Prickett and
back as chief of police, and next; others.
vear will come back for tax collector,
while Bissland tries again for town
clerk. The success of the movement
is discussed freely in the office of
the hotel, around the engine house
and at the smoker held by the En­field
Country club on Tuesday even­ing,
the plans just mentioned were
even bragged and joked about. The
working people are on to this game
and the farmers will denounce it as
they especially have insisted that
Bromage should not dictate the poli­tics
of the town. At a grocery store
in district number three the other
evening the situation became so
complex that the clerks and custom­ers
adjourned to the veranda and
then became so excited over the
thought of Bromage coming back
that the store was completely ran­sacked
by youngsters hanging about
Boat to Riverside Grove.
The boat, Evernes, leaves south of
Bridge Sundays at 1:00 p. m. and
every hour until 10:00 p. m. Re­turning,
leaves Grove 1:30 and every
hour until 10:30. Also Monday and
Saturday evenings, starting at 7:00
from Thompsonville, making two
trips each way—20 cents round trip.
Arrangements may be made for spe­cial
parties, evenings only, by calling
E. W. H. Pierce, Tel. 215-3. Jy-18-tf
(Continued on Page Five.)
Companions of the Forest.
The benefit drawing of the Com­panions
of the Forest will take place
at their next meeting, Thursday, Sept.
26th. Members are requested to have
all checks handed in by that date.
For quality, for economy, get the
habit of trading at Sisltzky's Cash
Markets.—tt.
could not be made unanimous even ;
though Boss McCarthy tried hard to :
bring it about. Many do not like
Mr. Kelly's attitude while he was a
member, of the last session. It is
true he voted right on some matters
but not a few have remarked that he
could not see the Windsor Locks peo- .
pie when they visited the Capitol.
However this may be, it is tru.e that
his followers here want to see him
returned and are going to do all in
their power to twist the control of
the town away from Mr. Healy, who,
it has been said, holds as" big a grip
on the democratic party as he does
on the republican voters.
It was rumored during the week
that Mr. Healy is devoting all of his
time to the canvass for Charles Bis-sell
of Suffield, who this past week
was chosen as the republicani.candi-date
for congress. The lineup in this
district this year is amusing,to say
the least. The Hartford Gourant,
owned and controlled by Charles
Hopkins Clark, who has always been
opposed to Frank Healy, is thi^year ;
in behalf of Mr. BisselU working
hand in hand with Mr. Healy ito ac­complish
the same end. Mr. Healy
always in the past strong with Buck­ley
and that branch of the republican
party is now solid with Charles. Good­win
and Charles Hopkins Clark and
E. Hart Fenn, who has always been-a
staunch Bulkeley supporter, is now
going to act in unison with promi­nent
republicans of this district to
take the control away from Mr.
Healy, who, it is claimed, carries all
of the towns of the Seventh district
around in his vest pocket.
The election of town officers will
cause little excitement other than in­dicating
the drift of sentiment toward
the representative fight, and the bet­ting
as time goes on will be about
two to one against Mr. Kelly. Her­bert
Coffin will not be a candidate for
senator. This was decided at a
meeting of a few men held at the
Hotel Garde in Hartford on Saturday
of last week. Mr. Coffin would make
a strong candidate under ordinary
conditions, but the strike at Windsor
Locks would naturally hurt him in
his own town and as he is reputed to
be worth over a million he would be
expected to spend quite a bunch of it,
and this would not be the proper
thing to do at this time—especially
when Barr of Suffield and Colton of
Granby have, it is understood, de­cided
to stand together and the suc­cessful
candidate, if he comes from
either Windsor Locks or Enfield, will
surely get an awful trimming at the
polls.
There is a little underhand current
going about town and the effect de­sired
is to defeat the present efficient
board of selectmen- If the parties
circulating the story for the express
purpose of injuring honest men
should consider that the town roads
cannot go ori forever without some
improvements they might well recall
their damaging utterances. To be
criticised for repairing roads is ridic­ulous.
The dirty, muddy, rocky
roads of the village simply had loose,
broken macadam scattered over them
so that traffic for the winter months
would be better. The cost will not
exceed $1,000 and still some of the
would-be prominent citizens are
ready to take a fall out of honest and
efficient town fathers. The trouble
Is these same men who are doing all
the knocking would like to be select^
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Voters Will Have Wide Vari­ety
of Ohoice When Casting Ballots
for Town Officers— ^
Republican Caucus.
inklin Hall was well filled on
fTuesday evening when the caucus for
^nominating, candidates for town
ok place. The meeting, al­though
scheduled for 8:00 o'clock,
jwas not called to order until 8:45 p.
m. Thomas G. Alcorn, chairman of
>th(3 committee^ called the meeting to
: order. Mark Bushnell acted as
^chairman of the caucus and Charles
t,'J. Fowler was selected as clerk.. Ly-
; man Upson presented the name of
Charles, D. Bent as a candidate for
i * selectman and the announcement that
Mr. Bent would consider being a
candidate for another term was met
with general surprise. There was no
further nomination and upon motion
of George T. Mathewson the secre­tary
cast one ballot for Mr. Bent. A
ballot was necessary to decide who
should have second place. George
Stratton and Alvali S. Brainard, both
from the east end of the town, were
pitted against each other and after
the nomination was made the battle
was on in good shape. Men standing
on chairs could be heard calling out
: the names of, Stratton and Brainard
and the admirers of both worked
hard for their candidates. The count
of the. ballot showed that Brainard
. was the choice, he having received
162 votes to 114 for Stratton. The
followers of Stratton felt very much
put out as their man was a straight
. republican while Brainard was elect­ed
last year on the citizens and Dem­ocratic
ticket.
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A ballot .was also necessary to de­cide
who should be the candidate for
assessor. This time the aspirants
- were Charles Pease and Herbert
s Marks. The result of the ballot
' showed Marks to 'have 182 .and Pease'
N 61. Mr. Pease, prior to the caucus,
; was confident of being successful and
= his many friends were much wrought
up over his defeat. Since the cau-
' cus was held they have expressed a
J determination to bolt the whole
ticket, since Mr. Marks has accepted
:i an endorsement from the* citizens'
party.
Constable Dominique was the
unanimous choice for tax collector,
but another ballot was necessary to
decide a second contest from the
east part of the town, this time Henry
Fletcher, at present an efficient mem
ber of the school board, was opposed
by Samuel Neelans. The vote was
... small and close, Neelans getting 84
and Fletcher 71.
The only other contest was for the
position of constable, and the men
seeking the nomination were again
from the east district. Louis Deford,
the old-time warliorse, suffered de­feat
at the hands of Ernest Moody,
the vote being 134 to 82.
The full list of candidates is: Se­lectmen,
Charles D. Bent and Alvah
• S. Brainard; assessor, Herbert M
Marks; board of relief, James E.
Loughiin, James T. Burgess, William
K. Henry; collector of taxes, Gabriel
Dominique; grand jurors, Joseph
Fowles, Stephen H. Bbdley, Teresio
Marinaccio; constables, Edward Brom­age,
Clyde Harris, James Bailes, Er­nest
Moody; registrar, Albert T.
Lord;i auditor, John H. Frew; libra­ry
directors, Rev. Thomas J. Preston,
Bello K. Hathaway, Frederick A.
King; town school committee
Thomas G. Alcornt Samuel H. Nee­lans.
Independent Citizens' Caucus.
That the independent citizens
movement is sure to prove an impor
tant factor in Enfield politics can not
longer be denied. The regularly
called caucus for nominating candi
dates for town offices was held in the
Casino on last Tuesday evening and
: between 250 and 300 were present
The meeting was called to order at
8:30 by Chairman Albert Baker.
John Best, who has so efficiently col­lected
the town taxes^during the past
year, was chosen clerk and after the
reading ef the call the business of the
evening was on in full swing. Har-mony
prevailed and the candidates
for all offices were unanimously
chosen. They are as follows:
Selectmen, Abraham Cope and
Francis P. Leary; assessor, Herbert
Marks; board of relief, Leslie C.
Brainard, Thomas Reilly, Samuel J.
, McAuley; collector of taxes, John A.
Best; auditor, John H. Frew; regis­trar,
Nesbert Dixon; constables,
Clyde Harris, William Barton, James
Bailea, Louis Deford; town school
committee, Henry F. Fletcher, Al­bert
F. Baker; library directors, Rev.
(Continued on Page Three.)
Speeches by Prominent Members of
This ' Excellent Fraternal Order—
A Creditable Fancy Drill by B. H.
Barney Uniformed liank of Spring­field.
On Tuesday evening, in their rooms
in the Brainard building on High
street, Asnuntuck xodge, Knights of
Pythias, of this village, held one of
the most enjoyable and one of the
most largely attended social func­tions
ever held in this place by a fra­ternal
organization. Hartford, Spring­field
and Chicopee lodges were well
represented and several of the state
officers were present, among them
Grand District • Deputy Aitken and
Vice Grand Chancelor George E.
Wright of Hartford. Previous to the
opening of the indoor program a par­ade
of the principal streets of the vil­lage
was made. The line of forma­tion
of this parade is given below.
The Everett H. Barney Uniformed
Rank of Springfield, at the close of
the parade, gave a fancy drill on the
hotel square on Main street, which
was thoroughly enjoyed by almost a
thousand spectators. : . U
The guests of Asnuntuck lodge to
the number of about 250, then as­sembled
in the lodge rooms and
opened a very pleasing program with
a seleqtion by the Roberts Family
orchestra, after which opening re­marks
were made by Tudor Gowdy,
P. C., who acted as toastmaster. Wil­liam
Nichols followed . with a vocal
solo and Harry Brinn with a recita­tion.
Mr. Gowdy-'then introduced
Vice Grand Chancelor. George E.
Wright, who addressed, the assem­blage
in a very acceptable manner.
He was followed by -Grand Deputy
Aitken of Hartford and other out-of-town
speakers. - James McCormack
favored with music and the orchestra
.:gay,e..another.selection; after which
the audience joined in the singing of
America and a most enjoyable and
successful. social event come to a
close. -r.V "
The committee who had the affair
in charge are H. A. Fiedler; H. G.
Bodley, S. J. McAuley, C. H. Fowler,
D. H. Luke. Excellent refreshments
were served by the Pythian Sisters.
Formation of Line.
Albert J. Fiedler, Horace Bodley,
Samuel McAuley, committee,-
Leaders.
Thompsonville Fife, Drum and Bugle
Corps.
Everett H. Barney Co., Uniformed
Rank, Springfield.
Commander, Capt. Frank Wakefield.
Springfield Lodge, No. 63.
Henry S. Lee Lodge, Springfield.
Delegation from Hartford,
Automobile containing Grand Vice
Chancelor George E. Wright of
Hartford, Grand Inner Guard J.
Fred Crangle of Simsbury, Grand
Master of Exchequer William N.
Potter of Willimantic. ,
Automobile containing Pythian
Sisters.
Entire Proceeds, Save the Cost of the
Out>of-To\vn Battery, Will Help
Swell the Fund.
A benefit game for the visiting
nurse fund of the Woman's Club of
Enfield will be played on the Alden
avenue grounds Saturday. All of the
Brussels home players have donated"
their services for this game, so that
the expenses will be light. The op­posing
team will be the Woodbines of
Hartford. ; •• y; H:;;-"
The battery for the Brussels will
be'Justin, of Springfield league fame,
and Gilman. For the Woodbines, An­drews
and Murphy.
The ladies' committee are selling
tickets rapidly and a banner crowd
is expected, for the object is a worthy
one.
Nominated foriCongress by First
m Congressional District
Candidate Maheg a Splendid Speech
of Acceptances-Was Nominated by
Landers andt'Betonded by Other
Opponents. Jf • *' 'if" " *
The democratic delegates of the
First Congressional district in con­vention
assembled at , Hartford
Tuesday of this|week, unanimously
nominated AguStine Lonergan as
their candidate for congress. Former
BLAZE DISCOVERED NEAR £
THE L0Z1ER BUILDING
Many Thousands of Dollars' Worth
of Rugs Stored in This Building—
Extra Guards Placed on Duty for
Indefinite Period.
Smoke was seen coming out of a
small basement window in the large
storehouse of the Hartford Carpet
corporation known as the -Lozier
building, Sunday afternoon, "by
watchmen employed ait the power­house
of the corporation. Investigat­ing
the cause they found a heap of
paper, straw, rags and other inflam­mable
material covered with a bed-quilt,
and the pile was burning brisk­ly
and in a short while it would have
reached the woodwork.
They went back and brought buck­ets
of water and had^ little difficulty
in putting the fire out.
Charles Lockwood, a watchman,
promptly notified Fire Chief William
J. Hines, who came to the scene to
investigate and he immediately called
four additional watchmen to do
guard duty in.that-vicinity, who will
continue for an indefinite period. The
storehouse is filled to the rafters with
expensive rugs manufactured by the
corporation, and had the fire gained
any headway the loss would have
totaled many thousands of dollars.
FRATERNAL SOCIETY NEWS
A. O. IF. Division No. 1.
A largely attended meeting of
Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hi­bernians,
was held Sunday afternoon
at which several matters of impor­tance
were considered. The 30th an­niversary
of the< society occurs in
November and it was voted to ob­serve
the anniversary with appropri­ate
exercises. A committee of 12 was
appointed to make arrangements for
the event. *
The following committee will have
charge of the celebration of the 30th
anniversary of the organization of
the division to be held in November:
William J.' Fleming, William J.
Hughes, M. A. Mitchell, P. J. Sulli­van,
national secretary of the order,
James Hughes, Thomas P. Malley, J.
.T. Shaughnessy, Michael Quinn,
Thomas Savage, Patrick Henneberry,
P. J. Mulryan and Edward R. Triggs.
William J. Fleming and E. R. Triggs,
delegates to the state convention,
made an interesting report on the
convention.
Queens of Avalon and Knights of
King Arthur.
The Queens of Avalon and Knights
of King Arthur will hold a supper
and entertaniment in the parish
house of St. Andrew's Episcopal
church next Wednesday, September
25th. Supper will be served from
5:30 to 7:00 p. m. and a musical and
literary entertainment will follow.
Tickets for the supper and including
the entertainment have been placed
at the nominal sum of 15 cents.
Burglars Entered H. A'ronson's House
Sunday night burglars entered the
home of Harry Aroiison on Spring
street and took a gold watch, a gold
locket and chain, and a diamond
stickpin from the rooms on the first
floor. They gained entrance by a
window in the dining room, the lock
being sprung aftei- two holes had
been bored through the frame. They
found the valuables' in a handbag
which was hanging on the doorknob
of an inner door.
Mr. and Mrs. Aronson and their
son Milton had retired, the hour
being about 1:30 a. m„ when Mr.
Aronson was aroused by a slight
noise from down-stairs.
An investigation showed that noth­ing
more had been taken and that
valuables on the upper floor were
undisturbed, as well as silver­ware
and some change that had been
left lying on a mantel down-stairs
had been overlooked.
The robbery shows the need of bet­ter
police protection for the village
between the hours of 1:00 and 3:30
a. m., when most burglaries are com­mitted.
Miss Edith Parsons has returned
to Simmons college in Boston for the
work of the senior year.
Miss Anna Boeker and Miss Ethel
Keith of Springfield were week-end
guests of their cousin, Mrs. Mark W.
Bushiiell.
Harvey Davidson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Davidson of Garden street,
and Seelye and Leon Vietts, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Vietts, left yester­day
for Staunton, Va., to attend a
military and preparatory school at
that place.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles West of Trin­idad,
Col., former well-known resi­dents
of this village, are guests of
Mrs. West's sisters, Miss Grace V.
Bissland and Miss Elizabeth Biss­land.
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt H. Babcock
of La Junta, Col., who have been vis­iting
Niagara Falls and other places
of interest in the west and middle
west on a bridal tour of several
weeks' duration, are guests of his
uncle, Alexander C. Bennett, of
Franklin street.
Miss Martha J. Alden and Miss
Helena M. Devine went to Thorndike,
Mass., Wednesday, to- attend the
funeral of Miss Alden's aunt, Mrs.
Martha Denison Mooers, who died
Sunday evening at her late home with
her son, George D. Mooers of that
place, after a two weeks' illness.
AUGUSTINE LONERGAN.
Mayor Landers oifvew Britain placed
Mr. Lonergan'snathe before the con­vention
and the seconding speeches,
were m&de by Senator Holleran and
Hon. M. J. Connor.
The resolution adopted at the con­vention
strongly endorsed the na­tional
and state platform, and when
Mr. Lonergan was rushed to the plat­form
to accept the nomination he
praised the splendid work accom­plished
by Governor .Wilson and Gov­ernor
Baldwin. The prospect for
complete success, Mr. Lonergan said,
is exceedingly bright and he urged
all to work for the success of the
ticket.
•After the convention the delegates
were given a dinner at the Hotel
Garde, when Mr. Lonergan again
spoke, as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Convention:
To tell you that I am grateful for
the honor that you have conferred
upon me is but mildly expressing my
feelings. When, two years ago the
democrats of the First district nomi­nated
me as their candidate for con­gress,
at a time when the outlook was
not promising,. I was indeed appre­ciative
of the high honor then con­ferred
upon me. Doubly thankful
am I now for this second testimonial
of your confidence, when-it comes at
a time when prospects for party suc­cess
are bright. Such strong evi­dence
of your confidence adds to my
resolution to do all within my power
to honorably attain success at the
polls, not only for myself, but the en­tire
democratic ticket. At this time,
I am deeply moved by the magnani­mous
action of the gentlemen who
have withdrawn as candidates, thus
giving to the public definite proof of
a united democracy in the district.
I am not unmindful of the great
responsibility that will be mine in ap­pearing
before the voters of the First
district as your standard bearer dur­ing
this campaign and in assuming
the duties of the office on my election.
It is particularly true when I am
asked to follow the footsteps of the
able and sterling democrats who so
capably represented the First district
in congress in years past. The best
way I can show my appreciation is to
adopt every honorable means to be
victorious at the polls and faithfully
to fulfill the duties of the office when
elected. The best interests of the
country, the district and the demo­cratic
party will ever be uppermost
in my mind and to that end I shall
continually strive.
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In this campaign the first great end
is national success—the election of
Wilson and Marshall, The success of
individual candidates is a secondary,
but very important, matter. The
democratic party, having been put to
the test when in control of only part
of one branch of the government and
even then having been able to pass
laws of the greatest benefit to the
country, guarantees, greater benefits,
when given complete control, as it
will be given on Ifipvember 5. In re­turning
the democratic party to
power the people will show their ap­proval
of the first steps taken in four-tean
years toward the proper and
Gives His Reasons Why Hard Feel-
. , ,. ings Exist
Men Praised and Censured—In Com­menting
on Present Situation He
Recalls Past History of Some Poli­ticians
Who Would Continue in
Prominence.
It should not be necessary for an
old-timer to give state secrets away,
but when the wrath of man is
aroused to a high pitch that which is
in will surely come out. And so it
happened that while newspaper re­porters
maneuvered around the en­gine
house and read the papers in
the office of the local hostelry with
open ears, they gathered what
seemed to be amusing as well as in­teresting
and instructive history. The
joke of the week seems to be the
nominating speech of Lyman Upson.
Now Lyman has always been a power
in town politics and in the olden days
when few received • advancement in
the carpet mill of which he was su­perintendent
and which, by the way,
paid wages running from three to
eight dollars a week on a three-days-
a-week schedule, the voters of
the town were not privileged to vote
in closed booths. It was the custom
then to two-step your man right up
to the ballot box and then casually
watch him deposit into the box the
dainty little slip of paper with an air
of grace and satisfaction which
lasted only until he could get among
friends. But times have changed
since the Civil war and the Mason
and Dixon line is only a myth to
many modern people, but this is not
so with Enfield's political scrappers.
They don't care anything about the
past, it is only the present and future
battle which interests them.
To all those who thought for a
moment that Charles D. Bent and
Edward Bromage would not come
back, the advice is to partake of the
barrel of sympathy and warm at­mosphere.
which is always on tap in
the office of the Thompsonville Trust
company. Now the nominating
speech of Mr. Upson came upon the
townspeople as a great surprise, as
it was thought that the conference
held at Mr. Upson's house last week,
at which Messrs. C. D. Bent and G.
T. Mathewsop were present, would
bring forth new candidates for first
selectman. Mr. Bent, it was known,
didn't want the office (at least he
kept saying so), again this fall and of
course the other aspirants thought
they would have a chance in this
lucky year, but the speech of Mr.
Upson took the sails out of every­one
present. He is reported to have
said, "This is a prosperous country
and the republican party is a good
party and has been so for fifty years.
We want men to guide the destinies
of this country and therefore should
have Mr. Bent selectman."
"Well, all that may be so," was the
comment of the "Old Vet.," after
the caucus, "but I can't see where
Charles D. Bent as first selectman
has anything to do with making the
country prosperous. He had a
chance for years to do something
for the town but nothing has been
done, and now Mr. Bent is ready to
retire. The man who should have
been nominated is that tax collector
who knows a thing or two about
what ought to be done. Why this
year it took Selectman Browne's en­tire
time to get the affairs of the
town in good shape. I'm tired of all
this bosh and will not have anything
to do with town politics any more."
Such talk from old honest repub­licans
is surely going to swell the
Bull Moose crowd. The way people
along the streets figure the situa­tion
is that Bent must try again for
first selectman and if he comes back,
Mayor Rivers of Chicopee Praises
Military Appearance
Have a Surprise in Store for All Who
Attend Their Fair and Dance Sat­urday
Night in Franklin Hall.
The Father Mathew Drum corps
were the guests of the Veteran Fire­men
Drum corps of Chicopee, Satur­day
evening at a dance which
brought to a close the exercises of the
inspection of the fire department of
Chicopee. Mayor Rivers, who came
first in the grand march, compliment­ed
the local boys very highly, both
for their military appearance and
playing, which after the remarks of
our governor recently goes to show
that this organization is growing in
popularity in Massachusetts as well
as Connecticut.
The annual fair which opens Sat­urday
night of this week, will give
the public an opportunity to encour­age
the boys, who take great pride in
the praises of such men. The com­mittee
in charge have a surprise in
store for all who attend—something
which has never been given in town
before.
At 7:30 p. m. a Short street parade
will open the fair by tlie Father
Mathew corps of Hartford, Sacred
Heart corps of Springfield and the
Thompsonville Fife, Drum and Bugle
corps. Dancing will be in order until
midnight. Cars will leave to all
points after the dance. All who can
should attend and show their appre­ciation
of the local corps and encour­age
the boys.
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Healy Working Hand in Hand With
Former Opponents
Movement Under Cover to Defeat ®&llf
Present Efficient Board of Select­men—
Selfish Politics Would De-:
feat Best Interests of the Town.
(From our Special Correspondent.)
Windsor Locks, Sept. 19, 1912.
The democratic caucus which was >
obliged to adjourn to Mooney's hall
on last Friday evening on account of
the large crowd, proved exceedingly
interesting as many things predicted
by the writer proved correct. Mat-,
thew Kelly was urged to keep in the,,
race for representative and absolute­ly
refused to place the name of John
Oates before the caucus. It is now
thought that Kelly is in earnest and
desires to be returned to the house of
representatives, and should Frank
Healy be nominated by the republi­cans
it will be interesting to see
whether or not the Oates faction will
support Kelly by getting out and
working for him (Kelly). There is
little doubt but that all the Oates
admirers will vote for Kelly on elec­tion
day, but the desired thing is to
have them work openly in Kelly's in- t ' -'>*
terest. The nomination of Kelly '• 'il
(Continued on Page Five.)
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
AND BADLY INJURED
So Dazed by Shock That He did Not
Know His Place of Residence and
Could Hardly Tell His Name.
Nadeau Benoit of 308 Park street,
Hartford, was struck by an automo­bile
and injured• near Beeman's
brook, Enfield street, Sunday noon.
The automobile was driven by A. J.
Adell of Orange, Mass., and Mr.
Adell states that Mr. Benoit was
leaning against the railing of the
bridge when the car approached him.
Suddenly he turned, as the car was
upon him, to cross the road, and was
knocked down by the automobile,
which was going at a moderate pace.
He was taken to the home of Edward
Welch, nearby, where he was at­tended
by Dr. John F. McHugh of
this Yillage.
Mr. Benoit was unable to recall any
of the circumstances of the accident
and was not even sure when he left
his home. A cut on his head required
several stitches and he had severe
contusions and bruises about his
body. The injuries were not serious.
The police of Hartford were noti­fied
of the accident and he was taken
to his home in Hartford by a friend.
POULTRY EXHIBIT AT FAIR
Additional Prizes Worth $30.00 Have
Been Offered by Grain Dealers and
Poultry Supply Houses at Union
Agricultural Society Fair.
In the interest of better poultry
and a bigger and better poultry show,
at the Union Agricultural society's
annual fair, a committee has been ap­pointed
to solicit special extra prizes
to be awarded on poultry this year.
About $30.00 worth of grain, poul
try foods, remedies, hatching eggs,
etc., will be donated by grain dealers,
poultry men and poultry supply
houses.
Special prizes were donated by A.
D. Bridges' Sons. L. C. Brainard &
Co., A. T. Lord, Broad Brook Milling
Co., W. C. Pease of Somers, E. C. Al-then
Bissland goes up for judge of j len, A. J. Reeves, Enfield Poultry and
probate and then Bromage comes I Hatchery Co., E. L. Prickett and
back as chief of police, and next; others.
vear will come back for tax collector,
while Bissland tries again for town
clerk. The success of the movement
is discussed freely in the office of
the hotel, around the engine house
and at the smoker held by the En­field
Country club on Tuesday even­ing,
the plans just mentioned were
even bragged and joked about. The
working people are on to this game
and the farmers will denounce it as
they especially have insisted that
Bromage should not dictate the poli­tics
of the town. At a grocery store
in district number three the other
evening the situation became so
complex that the clerks and custom­ers
adjourned to the veranda and
then became so excited over the
thought of Bromage coming back
that the store was completely ran­sacked
by youngsters hanging about
Boat to Riverside Grove.
The boat, Evernes, leaves south of
Bridge Sundays at 1:00 p. m. and
every hour until 10:00 p. m. Re­turning,
leaves Grove 1:30 and every
hour until 10:30. Also Monday and
Saturday evenings, starting at 7:00
from Thompsonville, making two
trips each way—20 cents round trip.
Arrangements may be made for spe­cial
parties, evenings only, by calling
E. W. H. Pierce, Tel. 215-3. Jy-18-tf
(Continued on Page Five.)
Companions of the Forest.
The benefit drawing of the Com­panions
of the Forest will take place
at their next meeting, Thursday, Sept.
26th. Members are requested to have
all checks handed in by that date.
For quality, for economy, get the
habit of trading at Sisltzky's Cash
Markets.—tt.
could not be made unanimous even ;
though Boss McCarthy tried hard to :
bring it about. Many do not like
Mr. Kelly's attitude while he was a
member, of the last session. It is
true he voted right on some matters
but not a few have remarked that he
could not see the Windsor Locks peo- .
pie when they visited the Capitol.
However this may be, it is tru.e that
his followers here want to see him
returned and are going to do all in
their power to twist the control of
the town away from Mr. Healy, who,
it has been said, holds as" big a grip
on the democratic party as he does
on the republican voters.
It was rumored during the week
that Mr. Healy is devoting all of his
time to the canvass for Charles Bis-sell
of Suffield, who this past week
was chosen as the republicani.candi-date
for congress. The lineup in this
district this year is amusing,to say
the least. The Hartford Gourant,
owned and controlled by Charles
Hopkins Clark, who has always been
opposed to Frank Healy, is thi^year ;
in behalf of Mr. BisselU working
hand in hand with Mr. Healy ito ac­complish
the same end. Mr. Healy
always in the past strong with Buck­ley
and that branch of the republican
party is now solid with Charles. Good­win
and Charles Hopkins Clark and
E. Hart Fenn, who has always been-a
staunch Bulkeley supporter, is now
going to act in unison with promi­nent
republicans of this district to
take the control away from Mr.
Healy, who, it is claimed, carries all
of the towns of the Seventh district
around in his vest pocket.
The election of town officers will
cause little excitement other than in­dicating
the drift of sentiment toward
the representative fight, and the bet­ting
as time goes on will be about
two to one against Mr. Kelly. Her­bert
Coffin will not be a candidate for
senator. This was decided at a
meeting of a few men held at the
Hotel Garde in Hartford on Saturday
of last week. Mr. Coffin would make
a strong candidate under ordinary
conditions, but the strike at Windsor
Locks would naturally hurt him in
his own town and as he is reputed to
be worth over a million he would be
expected to spend quite a bunch of it,
and this would not be the proper
thing to do at this time—especially
when Barr of Suffield and Colton of
Granby have, it is understood, de­cided
to stand together and the suc­cessful
candidate, if he comes from
either Windsor Locks or Enfield, will
surely get an awful trimming at the
polls.
There is a little underhand current
going about town and the effect de­sired
is to defeat the present efficient
board of selectmen- If the parties
circulating the story for the express
purpose of injuring honest men
should consider that the town roads
cannot go ori forever without some
improvements they might well recall
their damaging utterances. To be
criticised for repairing roads is ridic­ulous.
The dirty, muddy, rocky
roads of the village simply had loose,
broken macadam scattered over them
so that traffic for the winter months
would be better. The cost will not
exceed $1,000 and still some of the
would-be prominent citizens are
ready to take a fall out of honest and
efficient town fathers. The trouble
Is these same men who are doing all
the knocking would like to be select^
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